How the Brain Makes Decisions Without Language
A pair of recent Columbia studies provide critical insight into the evolutionary origins of complex thinking and clues to the underlying mechanisms behind neurological and psychiatric disorders.
Plastic Bag Ban Success Hard to Gauge—For Billions of Reasons
“There’s a lot of published numbers that are ridiculous, and you have to go and figure out where they came from,” said Andrew Gelman, professor of statistics and political science and member of the Data Science Institute at Columbia University.
How Climate Experts Think About Raising Children Who Will Inherit a Planet in Crisis
After the birth of her son four years ago, Columbia University climate scientist Kate Marvel experienced what she calls “a very profound revelation.”